What Robert Barron has said about Problem of evil
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 10, 2026
Robert Barron, American Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester, theologian, author, and founder of Word on Fire Ministries, has been quoted on Problem of evil once in 1 episode of This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, most recently on September 10, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Barron argues that evil is not a thing but a privation of good, which God permits rather than causes.
“evil is frightening, but essentially it's a type of non-being. It's a lack of a good that ought to be there, like a cavity in a tooth”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #682 - Bishop Robert Barron (Sep 10, 2026) · Listen from 9:23
Episodes
#682 - Bishop Robert BarronThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Sep 10, 2026 · 1 h 53 min
Theo Von talks with Catholic Bishop Robert Barron about prayer, evil, love, addiction and pornography, the clergy abuse crisis, artificial intelligence, and finding purpose.
Robert Barron on other topics
- Catholic Church sexual abuse cases · 3 quotes
- Catholic Church · 3 quotes
- Artificial intelligence · 1 quote
- Antisemitism · 1 quote
- Indulgence · 1 quote
- Pornography · 1 quote
- Prayer · 1 quote
- Rite of passage · 1 quote